This can require hours of study is very exciting for pinpointing the purpose of the soul’s journey in this incarnation. The specific meaning of the Atmakakra will be colored by the sign that it is in, the house, the nakshatra, the position in the Navamsha chart, the position from the moon. The lessons of the Atmakaraka are often related to the qualities of the planet involved but they often require learning the darker more afflicted qualities. KN Rao’s tradition feels there is only 7 Atmakarakas and does not include Rahu while Sanjay Rath’s tradition from Orissa includes Rahu. Here is list of basic lessons that it teaches if it is the highest degree (or lowest with Rahu) in your chart. It is connected to the 1st house giving it that benefic quality but also the 8th house creating deep and surprising karmic lessons beyond expectations. The Atmakaraka is the ruler of this incarnation and has a special role. The goal of the Atmakaraka is to guide the soul toward self-realization by purging obstructing tendencies and the results of karmas that damage the progress of the soul. One of the key concepts is called the Chara Atmakaraka, the King of the chart, which is the planet with the highest number of degrees in your chart with exception of Rahu if it is the lowest number of degrees. I have been obsessed by the richness of Jaimini astrology and its spiritual orientation and have embarked on some advanced studies with it and find it more satisfying to study. In those days there might have been a 2-3 hour talk and we got a sutra for it and some of the more obscure items were then later gone into more detail by his son or devotee in the Upadesa Sutras.

The great sage, Maharishi Parashara, had a son or devotee called Maharishi Jaimini who did commentaries on some of Parashara’s materials. EYE ON ASTROLOGY: ATMAKARAKA–JOURNEY OF THE SOUL

Kundali with degree of planets